A Kenner couple was arrested after the woman tried to smuggle drugs to her boyfriend while he was jailed at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna, authorities said.

Lauren Sanchez, 37, and James Galvez, 23, were booked Wednesday with conspiracy to introduce contraband into the correctional center, said Capt. Jason Rivarde, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Galvez was being held at the jail from about Nov. 7 to Nov. 23 on various attachments, according to court records.

“Sanchez attempted to get drugs to him, and the drugs were intercepted on their way into the jail,” Rivarde said.

The Sheriff’s Office declined to reveal the type of drug Sanchez tried to smuggle, as well as the method she used.

JPSO investigators have busted a number of jail contraband schemes over the years. In May, corrections officers arrested a New Orleans woman accused of trying to make a drug drop outside the jail, located at 100 Dolhonde St., Gretna.

In that case, Dequan Williams put a paper bag containing marijuana and Suboxone in a garbage can just outside the facility for an unidentified inmate, perhaps one of the inmates on the cleaning crew. The Sheriff’s Office had received a tip that Williams would be taking part in the drug drop, according to incident reports.

Detectives have also arrested suspects accused of trying to mail drug and tobacco to inmates in letters. Tracy Turner pleaded guilty to mailing at least nine letters containing synthetic marijuana and rolling papers to three JPCC inmates in 2014.

Some inmates have recruited Sheriff’s Office staffers in the smuggling operation. Sheriff’s Office clerk Phyllis McCann pleaded guilty to bringing her jailed boyfriend food, a cigarette lighter, tobacco products and legal, non-prescription drugs while she worked overtime shifts at the Gretna jail.

And former JPCC officer Lyndon Hawkins was arrested after narcotics detectives say they found him bringing inmates marijuana for as much as $200.

Sanchez’s case does not involve a JPSO employee, according to Rivarde.

Galvez and Sanchez were taken into custody Wednesday afternoon at their Kenner home and taken back to the correctional center. Galvez was still being held there Thursday in lieu of a $10,000 bond. He has convictions for simple burglary and receiving stolen things, Jefferson Parish court records said.

Sanchez was being held without bond on the contraband charge and violation of probation. She was sentenced to five years of inactive probation in 2016 when she pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, possession of Lorazepam and possession of drug paraphernalia, court records said.